Lisa Kudrow says Tom Hanks movie Here is ‘an endorsement for AI’ | The former Friends star criticised the film which makes extensive use of an AI-driven tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age and face-swap actors
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/16/lisa-kudrow-says-tom-hanks-movie-here-is-an-endorsement-for-ai
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From the article: Tom Hanks’ new film Here has been criticised as “an endorsement for AI” by former Friends star Lisa Kudrow.
Kudrow was discussing the implications of ageing with host Dax Shepard on the Armchair Expert podcast and pointed to Here as the harbinger of crisis for the film industry.
“All I got from [the film] was, this is an endorsement for AI and oh, my God. It’s not like, ‘Oh, it’s going to ruin everything’, but what will be left? Forget actors, what about up-and-coming actors? They’ll just be licensing and recycling.”
Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis, features Hanks and his Forrest Gump co-star Robin Wright, as a married couple who are part of a series of characters occupying a single location whose history is told over time. The film makes extensive use of an AI-driven tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age and face-swap actors.
Kudrow alludes to the near-simultaneous facility of AI tools to show the results via an immediate playback, saying: “They could actually shoot the scene, then look at the playback of them as younger and it’s ready for them to see.”
“Set that completely aside, what work will there be for human beings? Then what? There’ll be some kind of living stipend for people, [as] you won’t have to work? How can it possibly be enough?”
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Here is a copy of my comment I made when [this exact link was posted 4 days ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/NfG5DErl0O)….
>[Rotten Tomato score = 37%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/here_2024)
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>[Meta critic score = 40](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/here-2024/)
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>soooo less an endorsement and more a rejection.
I get her concerns, it’s like every industry in which boomers refuse to retire and make room for new employees. But in this specific instance, I think this is a great use for ai. The alternative is an actor sitting in a makeup chair for hours to get de-aged.
Despite playing Phoebe in Friends she’s actually very intelligent.
Are we really going to allow these neo-luddites to delay and restrict the tools and tech that can release Everyone’s creative muse just so They can keep getting paid? We are going to hear many such cries from across industries as AI and robotics advance. Nobody GAF when it was blue collar workers being replaced in our factories, not sure why im supposed to care about this any more than that.
Late Night With the Devil had one little interstitial AI generated picture and everyone got all up in arms. Spielberg and Hanks make a movie with craploads of AI and no one cares but Phoebe.
Am I misunderstanding this? sounds like the current tech still needs some actors…
We’re 5 years away from the majority of porn being generated < 10 years from full length movies people actually love that have no problems with the uncanny valley.
Very cool, going to watch this in theatre and support this awesome technology and our way to the progress and future.
If it’s just de-aging tech, I reckon it’s pretty harmless. AI is gonna wreck everyone’s livelihood regardlesss
In a few years millions of poors will lose their jobs to AI and robotics. But as long as super rich celebrities are OK I’m down with it.
This is the future of movies and I’m excited for it. I would love to see a modern movie with golden age movie stars.
Haven’t heard about that movie, now I want to watch it.
These people are like the luddites raging against automation. They want to protect their money and craft, they will lose.
They stand 0 chance what so ever